Monroe Doctrine
FIRST REAL FOREIGN POLICY
Background (Top Left Corner)
 Latin American countries won their independence
from Spain
 Many European countries were trying to gain that
territory
 US and Great Britain not happy with these European
countries
Date Issued and Author
 1823
 President
Monroe’s
Secretary of State
Definition
 Warned European
countries to stay out
of the Western
Hemisphere
 No more colonization
 No more intervention
between the two
hemispheres
Purpose
 Protection
 Control resources and trade
 Control new markets
Use
 Not really use because no real way to enforce the
consequences
Impact during Manifest Destiny
 US is establishing itself as a growing nation and a
major political power in the world
 First real foreign policy for the young country
• Draw a visual that represents a situation in which an
object is protected by something else (an alarm for a car).
In other words, think of an something that is used to
protect something else.
• Express the relationship between what you drew and the
Monroe Doctrine using an anology.
– The Monroe Doctrine is like a _____________, because
______________________________ (explain connection) just
like the Monroe Doctrine protected the Western Hemisphere
from European Colonization.
– Student example 1: The Monroe Doctrine is like a car alarm, because a car
alarm protects a car from being stolen, just like the Monroe Doctrine
protected the Western Hemisphere from European Colonization.
“The Monroe Doctrine: An Expression of Nationalism in Foreign Affairs.”
The Monroe Doctrine warned European countries not to interfere with North and
South America. Basically, Monroe declared the Western Hemisphere free from
European colonization.
The Monroe Doctrine is like a car alarm, because a car alarm protects a car from
being stolen, just like the Monroe Doctrine protected the Western Hemisphere
from European Colonization.